Oskar Erikson

Oskar Erikson May 2017

dancing on our tiptoes
arms among clouds
our throats turned to birdsong
and eyes star-bound.

How Could We Return To Earth.

soon though
as want to do
our fuel ran cold.
sparks to splutters to shudders to crawls to fingernails dragging the atmosphere
back
down
with
us.

clipped wings
our shoes seem so heavy
"I want to be rooted"
"I want to be planted"
"I want to be free."
*"Before I dream of what the sky-"

#fly #heavy #sink

Oskar Erikson May 2017

Bereave

because you never loved me,
but didn't think to leave;
i couldn't let dead things be.
**i couldn't learn how to grieve.

#leaving #loving #grieving #bereaving

Oskar Erikson May 2017

Sculpt

i can recount the cuticles
on your fingers
like lullabies. like home.
And they spiral to your wrists
muscle and sinew dreams
that i can find rest between.
Then upwards to bicep and collar
bone corners, angled love. Curved
solace and icy water skin.
I want to sink
I don't want to be seen.

Oskar Erikson May 2017

To let go.

do not hold
hands that do not fear
losing yours.

#10w #freedom #love

Oskar Erikson May 2017

lost in translation

You are poetry spoken in tongues.**
I do not know how to understand you
I do not know if I'd like too
I'd love the sounds all the same;
regardless if
the meaning escapes me.

#meaning #love #speaking

Oskar Erikson May 2017

to the god of water

sea scalded lips
cracked like shoals
yet smooth surfaced
moistened by coral tongue
locked behind bone reefs
but to be blessed by those waters
to be swallowed by maelstrom kiss.

#kiss #water #sea

Oskar Erikson May 2017

O+ Type

\/
so which heart
do we let bleed?
what's mine is yours
are you grieving like me?
/\

#blood #type #love